Justification by Faith manifested by Works
It was the German Protestant Reformer Martin Luther who said, “ We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.” If one has been truly justified by his faith, that same saving faith is also a practical faith that manifests itself in good works. Ephesians 2:10 says, “We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” When we believed the gospel of truth, we were justified (i.e. declared righteous) by faith in the propitiating work of Jesus Christ sacrifice for sin on the cross. However, we are justified by our works also proving our faith is the real thing. As James said, “faith without works is dead” (James 2:26). So what that means is to declare that one who says they have true faith without any works has a dead faith, or no faith at all. If we do not have works coupled with our faith, then we have proven that not only is our faith a sham, so is our justification. This is what M